Philo Agora's talk next Tuesday, 11 August will be John
Furedy: Free speech and the issue of academic freedom: Is the
Canadian velvet totalitarian disease coming to Australian campuses?
John will argue, with detailed reference to Canadian universities and
some preliminary comments regarding Australian campuses, that free
speech is being stifled. That features of totalitarian regimes have
appeared on Canadian campuses, and may appear on Australian
ones: uninterpretable laws; pseudo experts; status-defined ethics;
fear of engaging in public discussion on controversial issues;
demonization of dissidents. The suppression is taking place on
issues that are regarded as racist, sexist or otherwise socially
unacceptable or uncomfortable.
John J. Furedy, Ph.D.is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University
of Toronto with cross appointments at Ege University, Turkey;
Bar-Ilan and Haifa Universities, Israel.
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Tuesday August 11 at the Fair Trade Coffee House, 33 Glebe Point
Road, Glebe, $6.00 includes a free cup of coffee or tea. Start at
7.30. Finish at 9.00pm. If you want to eat, come early. All
profits from the Fair Trade Cafe go to support Third World development.
Philo Agora has started programming its talks for 2010 , If you
are a graduate, student , or self read philosopher with a topic to
discuss, do contact us. We welcome short talks on a philosopher or
philosophical theme that give insights that involve us all .... on
how we think about or act out our lives.......individually or collectively
Philo Agora talks for the remainder of the year , and its approach to
its sessions, can be viewed at its website ,
<http://www.philoagora.com>www.philoagora.com . Philo
Agora has a talk every two weeks
Philo Agora
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